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Toshiba SD-R2002 CD-RW/DVD-ROM User's Guide
Using the CD-RW/DVD-ROM Drive

Drive Operation | Usage Guidelines | Regional Coding |
 Emergency Ejection | Handling Media | Cleaning Media


Drive Operation

Inserting Media

To insert media (CD, CD-R, CD-RW or DVD disc) perform the following steps:

Figure 1.Inserting Disc

  1. Open the drive's loading tray by pressing the Eject Button and pulling out the tray.
  2. Place media disc into drive's loading tray, and lightly press down on the inner portion of the disc.
  3. Gently close the disc tray.

Removing Media

To remove media disc from the drive, perform the following steps:

  1. Open the loading tray by pressing the Eject Button, and pulling tray out.
  2. Grasp disc by it's outer edge, and lift out of loading tray.
  3. Gently close the loading tray.

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Usage Guidelines

  • Keep the disc tray closed when not using the CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive.

  • Do not press down on the disc tray when opening or closing it.

  • Do not place objects on the disc tray.

  • Never use a damaged, broken, or deformed disc.

  • Do not press the Eject button while the drive is playing a DVD movie or accessing a disc. To stop a DVD movie, click Stop button in the DVD player application program.

NOTE: NOTE: High-speed drives spin the disc at a high rotational speed. If a disc has printing on only half of the disc, or if there is a slight imbalance in the disc, the imbalance is greatly magnified by the high speed, causing the drive to vibrate or produce a fan-like noise. These effects are inherent in the high-speed technology and do not indicate a problem with the drive.

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Regional Coding

Region Protection Coding (RPC) of DVD Discs: this feature is supported on DVD Players and is used with DVD-Video Discs (i.e. movies). Currently, the motion picture industry has divided the world into different regional "zones." These regions or "zones" correlate to the regional markets into which the motion picture industry releases movies. Simply put, RPC Codes are placed on Movie Discs marketed throughout the world based on the region of the world where they are being sold. These RPC codes help to control and prevent the pirating of new release movies into other motion picture market regions prior to their true release dates within those markets.

The SD-R2002 DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive supports the current RPC phase 2 industry specifications. This means that when the DVD-ROM drive ships from the factory it is set to the region for which the Operating System was intended. In other words the drive is set to support the Region 1 (North America) Operating System and will only play Region 1 (North America) DVD-Video movie discs.

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Emergency Ejection

caution! CAUTION: The following procedure is intended only as a last resort when pressing the eject button fails to open the Loading Tray.
  1. Turn computer power OFF by properly shutting down system.
  2. Insert a solid bar (i.e. large paper clip) into Emergency Eject hole  and push in as shown in the picture below.
  3. Loading tray will open/eject.

Figure 2.Using Emergency Eject

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Handling Media

DVD media is sensitive to dust and fingerprints. Carefully handle media by its edges only. If a DVD movie skips or hangs during playback, clean the media. Most DVD video playback issues are media-related and can be remedied by proper handling and care of media.

Cleaning Media

Try to avoid touching the read area (underside) of the disc as dirt and smears will degrade the disc accessing speed.
If the disc becomes dirty wipe it with a damp soft cloth. Avoid cleaning in a circular motion, but rather from the inner side outward.

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